Metroblogging Detroit: March 2006 Archives

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So what did you think...

posted by at 4:52 PM on March 30, 2006 On Tuesday night as I was walking back to my car after class a man approached me and handed me a piece of paper. I'm used to getting promotional materials for clubs or fraternities; however, this was a letter from..

. posted by at 8:18 AM on March 30, 2006 Not only do we have a new city to welcome but now an all city feed is available. Chennai ~ it's been called the Detroit of South Asia.

. As much as I like Detroit, I hope the comparison is solely..

. posted by at 5:29 AM on March 30, 2006 After weeks of no word on the status of Jill Carroll, it is being reported she has been RELEASED!!

! As we've mentioned earlier, the reporter is from the Ann Arbor area originally. Great news!

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posted by at 4:19 PM on March 29, 2006 In posting, I am hoping for a slew of sympathy comments, however, I have a feeling I may just get a lot of "spoiled suburban brat" comments. I was really excited today when I went to the main branch of..

. posted by at 9:07 AM on March 29, 2006 When will our city council grow up and act like the responsible adults they claimed to be during elections? Now they want a raise when our city's budget is in the tank.

This type of behavior is what is burning...

posted by at 12:44 PM on March 27, 2006 Winter doesn't seem to want to give up just yet. It is hanging on as tight as it can. As a result, it seems more illnesses seem to be passing around.

GD had a nasty bout with the stomach...

posted by at 12:04 PM on March 27, 2006 when i first arrived in this area five years ago, they said, if you don't like the weather here, wait five minutes. it didn't take long for me to see the truth in that! so here we are, after yesterday's.

.. posted by at 6:17 PM on March 26, 2006 The United Way of Southeastern Michigan (UWSEM) is currently conducting a survey relating to which social issues are the most important to the people of Southeastern Michigan and what the barriers to success are for those issues.

Yes, I know...

posted by at 9:01 PM on March 23, 2006 was lookin' for a place to chill tonight and i had forgotten about a fairly unknown place called The Meetery Eatery...

it's a small place located on the first floor of the Park Shelton in Midtown, right next to the...

posted by at 11:11 AM on March 22, 2006 I am a movieholic. That is, movies are a major part of my life, especially when I was a young child. Saturday afternoons were spent at the "show" in Allen Park.

For fifty cents we could watch a double...

posted by at 7:11 PM on March 21, 2006 I am in San Francisco this week for work. I love this city - with it's busy city streets, public transportation and 60 degree weather. Right now I have tenative plans to meet up with some of the SF.

.. posted by at 11:49 PM on March 17, 2006 The Matrix Theatre of Southwest Detroit is presenting a cool look at the old days of Detroit via the Michigan Central Depot.

Set in the days when Detroiters immigrated to the city through the old station, Homelands: Michigan Central is...

posted by at 10:29 PM on March 17, 2006 I absolutely love Big Band music, so when I heard about the Battle of the Big Bands II being held at the Masonic Temple tomorrow night, I felt compelled to let other Metro Detroiters know about it. Battle of the..

. posted by at 4:58 PM on March 17, 2006 I am quite a fan of the Detroit People Mover. On my numerous rides I have heard many a thing about the Art in the Stations.

These works were commissioned and regardless of how you feel about them, they...

posted by at 1:16 PM on March 16, 2006 well, to the delight of many Joey Harrington will be out of town in no time...

the Lions signed former Cincinnati Bengal's QB Jon Kitna to a 4 year contract this past weekend and about an hour ago it was...

posted by at 12:58 PM on March 16, 2006 The calm after the WDET programming change storm had just started to settle. Then this morning, WDET GM Michael Coleman was in court facing embezzlement charges. Great timing considering the Spring Pledge Drive is right around the corner.

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.. posted by at 6:25 PM on March 15, 2006 It's taken me a few days, but I finally uploaded my photos from Corktown's St Patrick's Day Parade.

It really was a good time had by all...

. posted by at 4:12 PM on March 15, 2006 Like I need another favourite restaurant. This week my friend and I had a challenge finding alcohol-free and vegetarian meals at restaurants.

Any suggestions?..

. posted by at 4:10 PM on March 15, 2006 All I have been doing since I moved to Detroit is eating out . .

. I cannot help myself. Everything is so tasty.

I am pleased to say that I did visit The Detroit Breakfast House Grill based...

posted by at 5:41 PM on March 14, 2006 I've talked about the Thornetta Davis Band before. She is an amazing blues singer with an outstanding band behind her. For the past few years, she has been at the Attic Bar in Hamtramck every Wednesday night.

Unfortunately that ends...

posted by at 7:17 AM on March 14, 2006 Following the traditional lead of the Cardinals in Boston and Chicago, Cardinal Maida has granted all members of the Archdiocese of Detroit permission to eat meat this Friday (aka St Patrick's Day). Unlike some of the other diocese, Cardinal Maida..

. posted by at 4:18 PM on March 13, 2006 When I first moved to the suburbs, Greektown was the only reason I was told was a good enough one to venture into the city. I am afraid that this is where most of my money gets dropped.

Why must...

posted by at 4:04 PM on March 13, 2006 This past Friday I went out clubbing for the first time since becoming an official resident. It was quite painful as I went from paying $3 cover and paying nothing for my parking and diet cokes all night in the..

. posted by at 6:53 AM on March 13, 2006 Can anyone else believe the incredible weather we had for the Corktown Parade yesterday? True, by the end it was windy, chilly and enough heavy clouds had rolled in to obscure the view of downtown, but it was a great.

.. posted by at 8:09 AM on March 12, 2006 In a previous post, Baliad mentioned an interesting experience with one of the many panhandlers in town.

I was thinking about it yesterday when my father and I went to Eastern Market. As usual we were approached by men asking..

. posted by at 7:59 AM on March 12, 2006 The DFT is showing the Hungarian film Fateless this weekend. Wow, what a powerful film.

I believe the film will haunt me for years to come and I am now driven to find the book. Some may look at it..

. posted by at 1:27 PM on March 11, 2006 Single-game Tiger tickets went on sale today at 10:00 A.M.

, including for Opening Day on Monday, April 10th. Even though I was logged in to Ticketmaster at 9:30 A.M.

and ready to purchase tickets at exactly 10:00 A.M., the best.

.. posted by at 12:45 PM on March 11, 2006 I am always raving about my City and the great things going on here.

For all the out of towners, visitors from foriegn lands and foriegn suburbs you now have an enormous tool to use for finding your way around...

posted by at 10:51 AM on March 11, 2006 Pewabic Pottery is celebrating its 103rd anniversary today. From 11 am - 3 pm, visitors to Mary Chase Perry's famous pottery can take a guided tour of the facility and watch demonstrations of tile pressing and wheel throwing. Cake and.

.. posted by at 10:21 AM on March 11, 2006 I'm looking forward to heading over to Corktown tomorrow for the neighborhood's annual St.

Patrick's Day parade. It starts at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, but I'll probably head over there around noon to kick off the festivities and catch..

. posted by at 7:53 AM on March 11, 2006 Last weekend my parents and I attended the 2006 Autorama at Cobo Hall. WE have attended this event for 4 years now and this year was the best.

The main attraction for us was the Pinstripers Jamboree. Pinstripers from around..

. posted by at 7:06 AM on March 10, 2006 a few weeks back i was walking home with my wife from La Pita..

. we walked just past Twingo's when a fellow came up to me and started giving me this schpiel about how his car tire blew out and..

. posted by at 4:03 PM on March 09, 2006 The Made in Michigan Writer's Series is Wayne State University Press's latest series that publishes poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction, and essays by Michigan writers with the aim of encouraging and recognizing the state's artistic and cultural heritage. The series.

.. posted by at 5:13 PM on March 07, 2006 Today I did lunch at La Pita Mediterranean Grill.

It just opened up on the corner of Putnam and Cass, but the chain has been doing quite well in Dearborn for some time. While it is very cookie cutter and..

. posted by at 7:48 AM on March 07, 2006 as Doug mentioned recently, Detroit Synergy is a great organization looking to unite our fragmented region..

. this past weekend i took part in Detroit Synergy's "Discussing Differences" event which is a group dialogue consisting of Blacks, Whites, Asians and Hispanics..

. posted by at 4:04 PM on March 06, 2006 My sister took me to the 11th Annual Motor City Tatoo Expo this weekend at the Renaissance Center. It was very business-like as it was a trade show; but, I had hoped it would be a little more lively, as.

.. posted by at 10:34 AM on March 06, 2006 I found some great local talent this last Thursday when I went out to Royal Oak and was doing a little bar hopping.

Our first stop was O'Tooles; which felt like a bar that was imported from my days of...

posted by at 3:50 PM on March 05, 2006 Interested in checking out some of the home ownership options available in Detroit? Then check out the 2006 City Living Expo next weekend at Ford Field. Presented by City Living Detroit, the event is being held in conjunction with the.

.. posted by at 6:27 AM on March 04, 2006 Have you heard about the group of Atlanta college students who decided to stage a little civil obediance and actually drive the speed limit on a local freeway?

Check the video out here. Can you imagine if some students did..

. posted by at 4:18 PM on March 03, 2006 The 11th Annual Motor City Tattoo Expo is being held this weekend at the Renaissance Center. Renaissance Center.

.. posted by at 4:13 PM on March 03, 2006 I took my first trip to the Coleman A.

Young Center. It is really much more attractive on the outside than inside. The security check was a bit of a bottleneck, but everyone was really nice.

If you do ever...

posted by at 4:41 PM on March 02, 2006 Car break and enters is a hard hitting issue in Detroit, especially for the authors of this site. As I am not street wise in any way, shape, or form, I welcomed the following piece of advice from a shopkeeper..

. posted by at 4:38 PM on March 02, 2006 I am now an official resident of Detroit. I love the fact that it takes longer to get to my car than it does to get to work.

Here's to learning, working, playing, and now living in the fair city...

posted by at 10:29 AM on March 02, 2006 Tonight kicks off the Metrotimes Blowout. If you somehow have never heard of the Blowout, it is a three-day event of musical acts in Hamtramck. You purchase a wristband that lets you into any of the 15 venues, every night.

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posted by at 9:47 AM on March 02, 2006 When my website's host suffered a massive drive failure last week, I was destroyed -- five whole years of writing gone. My mom told me, "It's kind of like you were writing a book. And now it's all gone.

" Thanks...

posted by at 8:22 AM on March 02, 2006 Welcome to Detroit! I always enjoy saying that to visitors either from the burbs' or from out of town. I work downtown and I live in Grand Circus Park at the Kales Building.

The Crown Jewel of GCP. The owners..

. posted by at 7:16 AM on March 02, 2006 if you're lookin' for something different to do in the D, i highly recommend Vicente's Cuban Cuisine!!

! the food, while a little pricey, was great..

. but the best thing about the place is the dancing..

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. posted by at 5:55 AM on March 01, 2006 According to WDET, the twelve year old boy who placed gum on a painting at the DIA had bragged on the way to the museum that he was going to put gum on something. A museum security guard quickly.

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